Stimulus & Bailout Watch Thread

[ElNono]

The PPP passed with bipartisan support of the house and senate.

While that's true, it's distribution wasn't overseen by them, IIRC.

[Winehole23]

While that's true, it's distribution wasn't overseen by them, IIRC.Not a problem, Donald Trump was the watchdog.

[Winehole23]

how about that

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[Winehole23]

states need bailouts too, help is coming


Sec. 3. Assistance for Category B Emergency Protective Measures. (a) In accordance with sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 502 (42 U.S.C. 5192) of the Stafford Act, FEMA shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, make available under Category B of the Public Assistance program such assistance as may be required by States (including territories and the District of Columbia), local governments, and Tribal governments to provide for the safe opening and operation of eligible schools, child-care facilities, healthcare facilities, non-congregate shelters, domestic violence shelters, transit systems, and other eligible applicants. Such assistance may include funding for the provision of personal protective equipment and disinfecting services and supplies.

(b) FEMA shall make assistance under this section available at a 100 percent Federal cost share until September 30, 2021.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/21/extend-federal-support-to-governors-use-of-national-guard-to-respond-to-covid-19-and-to-increase-reimbursement-and-other-assistance-provided-to-states/

[Winehole23]

Direct asistance to people with children

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triangulation?

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Dems don't "control" (DINO Manchin? :lol) the Senate until Bitch Mitch releases control. He's still the most powerful man in America.

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Turned off by Biden’s approach,

GOP opposition to stimulus relief intensifies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/23/covid-relief-biden-gop

If Biden would add $100Bs to bail out Repug BigDonor class, Repug would approve

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President Biden inherits a weak labor market due to inadequate COVID-19 response

Biden and Congress must make stimulus its first priority

Another 1.3 million people applied for UI benefits last week, including 900,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 424,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

The 1.3 million who applied for UI last week was an increase of 113,000 from the prior week.

The increase underscores that layoffs are increasing as the virus surges.

The four-week moving average of total initial claims is now back to where it was in mid-October.

Last week was the 44th straight week total initial claims were greater than the worst week of the Great Recession.

Figure A shows continuing claims in all programs over time (the latest data are for January 2nd).


https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c5ffe9fe07&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r1478835660246271433&th=177365c219cc42d4&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_EfDeJhJ1TT9HvmXg7PJxKwgSQBwpzLL171TZ xTfNPu6XSX_6XlMo0nsM11hsp0MocoepxeDo4ctAcd504-td0TGQxB3Llz-yseqSu2Ghwl5dEzEX17TSLzns&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kkbo7xwa0
Continuing claims are still nearly 14 million above where they were a year ago,

There are now 26.8 million (https://www.epi.org/blog/the-economy-president-elect-biden-is-inheriting-26-8-million-workers-15-8-of-the-workforce-are-being-directly-hurt-by-the-coronavirus-crisis/) workers who are either unemployed, otherwise out of work because of the virus, or have seen a drop in hours and pay because of the pandemic.

Top priorities are aid to state and local governments, additional weeks of UI, and increased UI benefits.

https://www.epi.org/blog/president-biden-inherits-a-weak-labor-market-due-to-inadequate-covid-19-response-biden-and-congress-must-make-stimulus-its-first-priority

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California’s Ballooning Unemployment Fraud:

95% is under Federal PUA Program. PUA Fraud is a “National Problem”

Fraudulent payments by California could exceed $20 billion.

New security measures to prevent fraud cause delays in payments that triggered a new hullabaloo.

https://earther.gizmodo.com/joe-biden-is-throwing-the-weight-of-the-government-behi-1846133937

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U.S. Suffers Sharpest Rise in Poverty Rate in More Than 50 Years

The end of 2020 brought the sharpest rise in the U.S. poverty rate since the 1960s

the poverty rate increased by 2.4 percentage points during the latter half of 2020 as the U.S. continued to suffer the economic impacts from Covid-19.

the poverty rate for Black Americans is estimated to have jumped by 5.4 percentage points, or by 2.4 million individuals.

the rate at 11.8% in December. While poverty is down from readings of more than 15% a decade earlier, the new estimates suggest that the annual Census Bureau tally due in September will be higher than the last official, pre-pandemic level of 10.5% in 2019.

Black Americans had been about three times as likely to be poor as White Americans for most of the past 60 years.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-25/u-s-suffers-sharpest-rise-in-poverty-rate-in-more-than-50-years

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2020 was the worst year for economic growth since the Second World War

New federal data offers comprehensive snapshot of a year marred by

staggering job losses,

waves of small-business closures and

mounting inequality


https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c5ffe9fe07&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r4399024117133974413&th=1774a0feebeeced9&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_nPRZERHbIlEqrBD-Bz8Zm00nhhVxD_KienFL5vEdnyZbgsZz0SsXET1OyVVUvGmF6k cW0CcvgdRcjJ6RCoY6ws8S3HM1YwTHPhuIK6-DNPnzHNJCnXWpfcIs&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kkh50m9n0

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/28/gdp-2020-economy-recession

Repugs don't care. Their BigDonor class pocketed $1T+ in wealth

[Reck]

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They want to over bear the IRS so they can blame them. Tax season is upon us.

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Hotels facing sobering route to pandemic recovery

A new report indicates that

more than half of the nation's hotel rooms will remain empty in 2021.

-- San Antonio Business Journal email

[Winehole23]

CDC extends eviction moratorium until March 31.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/pdf/CDC-Eviction-Moratorium-01292021.pdf

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CDC extends eviction moratorium until March 31.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/pdf/CDC-Eviction-Moratorium-01292021.pdf

probably violated by landlords as often as complied with

[Winehole23]

probably violated by landlords as often as complied withbeats nothing, can't really say much more for it.

[Winehole23]

this happened in WY too. Republican governors seem to be more willing to say WE NEED THE MONEY NOW than GOP Senators.

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[spurraider21]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

how can Biden fuck up checks to people after making it a campaign promise in GA?

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this happened in WY too. Republican governors seem to be more willing to say WE NEED THE MONEY NOW than GOP Senators.

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When Joe fucking Manchin is the most powerful man in USA, USA is fucked

[Winehole23]

When Joe fucking Manchin is the most powerful man in USA, USA is fuckedJim Justice is to the left of Joe Manchin on this one, so are the people of WV.

[Winehole23]

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governors are closer to the people than multimillionaire fucking Senators who know their jobs are secure no matter what they do.

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former WH adviser, but always a current motherfucking idiot

Larry Kudlow denies economic crisis:

'I’m not OK sending stimulus checks' for people to 'buy penny stocks'

https://www.rawstory.com/larry-kudlow-fox-news

[Winehole23]

Here it comes

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[Reck]

Its gonna happen people. Has it been 2 weeks since he got in office? Fuck man. :lol

Dude's been fucking busy. Passing this huge stimulus package takes time. He can't print the checks on day 1. :lol

:lol These people expect Congress to pass a Bill in less than 2 weeks when it normally takes them 2-3 months to just agree on shit.

They know this so I don’t know what the expectations were.

[Winehole23]

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DINO Manchin, backing down in the face of opposition from WVA Repug Gov and WVA people, agrees to vote/support reconciliation on the Dems' $1.9T pandemic bill.

Haven't heard about DINO Sinema's support or not, for the bill.

[hater]

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Terrorists?

[Winehole23]

Terrorists?come now, it isn't terrorism to prevent eviction hearings

[Winehole23]

just an ordinary misdemeanor or maybe a routine felony, why compare them to feral outlaws, hater (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=7609)?

are you a landlord?

[Winehole23]

Failing to pass robust stimulus now will make this worse.

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Jim Jordan kicks the hornet’s nest by telling Americans they need jobs not stimulus checks

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a man best known for ignoring rampant sexual abuse (https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/06/politics/jordan-osu-wrestlers-strauss-invs/index.html) during his time as a wrestling coach at Ohio State University, penned a tweet dripping in disdain for the average American.

“Paychecks are the best stimulus checks,” wrote the man whose entire salary is funded by taxpayers.

Congressman ignores is that

many people would love to be working but

thanks to his party’s botched handling of the pandemic they’ve found themselves unemployed.

he just doesn’t want to give the Biden administration a win. Jordan wants to play politics while people are struggling to survive.

< lots of tweets destroying shitbag pedophile-accomplice/enabler JJ >

https://occupydemocrats.com/2021/02/01/jim-jordan-kicks-the-hornets-nest-by-telling-americans-they-need-jobs-not-stimulus-checks

[pgardn]

Terrorists?

yeah they flew in on private jets with their weapons in hand

[pgardn]

just an ordinary misdemeanor or maybe a routine felony, why compare them to feral outlaws, hater (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=7609)?

are you a landlord?

he will tell you he is one If needed

[pgardn]

come now, it isn't terrorism to prevent eviction hearings

oh it will be.

you can bet red team governors who backed the Capitol riots will institute new laws for peaceful protest. Florida is already doing so.

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oh it will be.

you can bet red team governors who backed the Capitol riots will institute new laws for peaceful protest. Florida is already doing so.

yep, the secret strategy of Trash and Repugs screaming "stop the steal" was to "justify" even more (black, brown) voter suppression.

And when the Census results are published, the corrupt, politicized SCOTUS has approved partisan gerrymandering, it will be insane.

[Winehole23]

oh it will be.

you can bet red team governors who backed the Capitol riots will institute new laws for peaceful protest. Florida is already doing so.I've heard of that. Is there any detail of these anti-protesting laws that stands out to you?

[Winehole23]

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I read that WH people KNOW the Repugs won't do anything bipartisan

but

with the 1.9T plan at 70% public approval, Dems wonder why Repugs don't see their own political advantage in approving 1.9T?

my guess: the Dems will own the plan, get lots of political capital,

and the Repugs don't want Dems to receive any advantage from anything.

Same with ACA, bullshitting for 1 year, 100 Repug amendments crippling ACA, and still not one Repug voted for it, and

then all Repugs and RWHM started shitting on it for the next 15 years as a Dem catastrophe.

[Winehole23]

watch Romney try to get credit for something good by slightly improving on a Biden proposal for the children. might even work.

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[dbestpro]

watch Romney try to get credit for something good by slightly improving on a Biden proposal for the children. might even work.

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Now that's a way to save up and send a kid to college.

[TimDunkem]

So 2000 immediately has become 1400 sometime in March. Sheesh... Really feel sorry for the people who need this now.

In the meantime though, just refinance your mortgage and eat spaghetti-os in the sink instead!

[Winehole23]

So 2000 immediately has become 1400 sometime in March. Sheesh... Really feel sorry for the people who need this now.

In the meantime though, just refinance your mortgage and eat spaghetti-os in the sink instead!pretty much

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[Winehole23]

Dems should pass an even bigger bill now, tbh


Avalanche of long-term unemployment effects could crush Biden's recovery hopes


The worsening situation threatens to drag on the economic recovery even after the pandemic begins to subside.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/04/unemployment-joblessness-biden-recovery-466059

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Dems should pass an even bigger bill now, tbh


https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/04/unemployment-joblessness-biden-recovery-466059

Only rightwingers Manchin and Sinema can stop them. They absolutely must do it, including $15/hour Fed minimum indexed to inflation and prorated by regional CoL

Dems should also spend $10Ms going after the $Bs stolen by fraudsters allowed by Munchin and SBA, as well as clawing back ALL the PPP paid in the $100Ms to companies to keep staff but then laid off 1000s anyway.

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Three Months of No Jobs Growth, Labor Force Drops to July Level

Down 11 million jobs from pre-Pandemic trend.

Like the overall economy, the job market has split in two.

In January, there were 142.6 million jobs at establishments – at companies, non-profits, and government entities, not including many gig workers – a level first seen in October 2015,

This was up by 49,000 from December. But in December, the number of jobs had dropped by 227,000. Over the three months since November, establishments shed 178,000 jobs. Over the four months since October, establishments created only 86,000 jobs

Over the past four months, households reported an increase of only 362,000 jobs.
https://wolfstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/US-employment-nonfarm-2021-02-05-Employed-millions-household-establishment.png

Compared to January last year, the end of the Good Times, establishments shed 9.6 million jobs.

Households reported having lost 9.9 million jobs.

Compared to the pre-Pandemic trend (blue line in the chart above), jobs as reported by households would be down by 11 million.

The number of people who are deemed by survey takers to be in the “labor force” ... y – dropped by 406,000 in January, to 160.16 million people, the lowest since September and roughly back where it had been in July:

https://wolfstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/US-employment-nonfarm-2021-02-05-labor-force.png

the employment-to-population ratio, which is far broader and covers the working-age population (16 years or older), at 57.5% has barely budged over the past four months:

https://wolfstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/US-employment-nonfarm-2021-02-05-employment-population-ratio.png

in every recession since 2000 – three of them so far – it has never fully recovered before the next crisis hit. These are the infamous “jobless recoveries” of the modern era, when during each recession, companies vow to bring their costs down, and work is sent overseas:
https://wolfstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/US-employment-nonfarm-2021-02-05-employment-population-ratio-longterm.png

https://wolfstreet.com/2021/02/05/three-months-of-no-jobs-growth-labor-force-drops-to-july-level/

[DarrinS]

^its as if something happened in 2020 that wasn't normal

[Reck]

^its as if something happened in 2020 that wasn't normal

Yep. Your dear leader fucked up.

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Only rightwingers Manchin and Sinema can stop them. They absolutely must do it, including $15/hour Fed minimum indexed to inflation and prorated by regional CoL

Dems should also spend $10Ms going after the $Bs stolen by fraudsters allowed by Munchin and SBA, as well as clawing back ALL the PPP paid in the $100Ms to companies to keep staff but then laid off 1000s anyway.

I doubt $15 will happen but I hope they can at least agree to $12 to keep pace with where the minimum wage was 53 freaking years ago.

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I doubt $15 will happen but I hope they can at least agree to $12 to keep pace with where the minimum wage was 53 freaking years ago.

2009's $7.50 if indexed to inflation would be nearly $9 today, but so buys only $6.16 today.

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Republican Tax Bill Passes Senate in 51-48 Vote

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/12/20/us/20dc-tax10/20dc-tax10-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale
Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and other Senate Republicans after passage of the Republican tax plan on Capitol Hill early Wednesday.



Dec. 19, 2017


Republicans took a critical step toward notching their first significant legislative victory since assuming full political control, as the House and Senate voted along party lines on Tuesday and into early Wednesday (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-senate-live-vote.html) to pass the most sweeping rewrite of the tax code in decades.

The $1.5 trillion tax bill, which is expected to head to President Trump’s desk in the coming days, will have broad effects on the economy,

making deep and lasting cuts to corporate taxesas well as

temporarily lowering individual taxes. :lol gotta Pay For It

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-vote-congress.html

there was no disaster,

no crisis,

very low unemployment,

no inflation,

just the oligarchy receiving the $Ts they paid the Repug whores to give them.

McConnell was not demanding bi-partisanship and Senatorial comity

[Winehole23]

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[Reck]

Good for her?

[Winehole23]

For the record, I think means testing COVID relief is a terrible idea. The less universal, the more unfair it will be perceived as being.

It was a tough 2020 for everyone, this is a one-time survival check, right?

Politically Biden makes a mistake passing a smaller dole than Trump, economically and epidemiologically his situation is much worse.

[Reck]

For the record, I think means testing COVID relief is a terrible idea. The less universal, the more unfair it will be perceived as being.

It was a tough 2020 for everyone, this is a one-time survival check, right?

Politically Biden makes a mistake passing a smaller dole than Trump, economically and epidemiologically his situation is much worse.

Dems are set to unveil an inclusion of a 3k per child benefits to people who qualify tomorrow. Not bad.

[Winehole23]

Dems are set to unveil an inclusion of a 3k per child benefits to people who qualify tomorrow. Not bad.
is that a "what about" I hear?

[Reck]

is that a "what about" I hear?

What are you on about?

You're getting 1400 on top of a potential 3 thousand per kid. More details coming tomorrow.

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[Trainwreck2100]

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nah, I'm out dawg

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One Year After the Collapse of the Airline Business Began: What’s the Status Now?

Still collapsed revenues,

astronomical losses,

red-hot cash-burn,

hellish new piles of debt.

Meanwhile, amid craziest markets ever, airline shares soared.


https://wolfstreet.com/2021/02/08/its-been-a-year-since-the-collapse-of-the-airline-business-began-whats-the-status-now/

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Another reason for third stimulus checks: Jobless benefits not reaching 8 million people



Around 1 in 4 unemployed workers received benefits in the last two weeks, according to an analysis published by Eliza Forsythe, a labor economist the University of Illinois. Around 8 million jobless people aren’t getting aid, she estimates.
The data suggests a third round of stimulus checks may be the best way to target aid to these workers.
Democrats voted Tuesday on a budget measure that would let them pass a $1.9 trillion Covid relief package without Republican votes. It contains $1,400 stimulus checks and more unemployment benefits.


https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/03/jobless-benefits-not-reaching-8-million-people.html

[ChumpDumper]

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Americans Adamantly Refuse to Cash Stimulus Checks

Unless Republicans Are Onboard

https://media.newyorker.com/photos/60201bd154373e5288ee44f6/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/Borowitz-StimulusChecks.jpg

WASHINGTON —A broad majority of Americans adamantly refuse to cash a new round of stimulus checks unless congressional Republicans fully support their issuance, a new poll shows.

According to the poll,

ninety per cent of Americans would forego food, clothing, and shelter

if it means holding out for a relief package that has the support of such G.O.P. lawmakers

as Senator Susan Collins, of Maine.

“Sure, I’d love to avoid being evicted at the end of the month,” one poll respondent said.

“But if that means accepting a stimulus check that has less than bipartisan support, count me out.”

“We’ve been struggling to pay for groceries ever since my husband and I both got laid off last year,” another respondent said. “But

I wouldn’t feel good about buying food for my family if I knew that the money came via the budget-reconciliation process.”

“My eight-year-old son came to me the other day and said,

‘Daddy, I don’t want new shoes unless the money to pay for them comes with Mitch McConnell’s blessing,’ ” another said.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been prouder of that little boy.”

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/americans-adamantly-refuse-to-cash-stimulus-checks-unless-republicans-are-onboard (https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/americans-adamantly-refuse-to-cash-stimulus-checks-unless-republicans-are-onboard)

[Frenchfred]

^its as if something happened in 2020 that wasn't normal

that didn't prevent you from blaming Obama for the bad economy in 2008. So, trump worst president for the economy

[Winehole23]

Join us, won't you?
1359302058038411264there are large bipartisan majorities for some of Joe Biden's priorities, like COVID-19 relief; the vote of the US Congress should reflect that.

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1.1 million more people file for jobless benefits.

Last week was the 46th of the past 47 weeks in which at least 1 million out-of-work Americans filed initial claims (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OPA/newsreleases/ui-claims/20210261.pdf)for unemployment benefits.

Specifically, 1.1 million, with 793,000 filing under regular state programs and

335,000 filing under the federal emergency programs created because of the coronavirus pandemic.

That was four times the typical weekly number of people filing initial initial claims in the pre-pandemic Before Times.

The bigger story is the 2.7 million-person surge in continuing claims under the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation,

both designed to provide benefits to people who aren’t covered by state programs (part-timers, gig workers) or who have exhausted their state benefits.

this huge rise “is likely workers who had exhausted their original weeks of eligibility getting back on these programs.

Remember, former President Trump allowed these programs to lapse

There are 25.5 million (https://www.epi.org/blog/the-economy-trump-handed-off-to-president-biden-25-5-million-workers-15-0-of-the-workforce-hit-by-the-coronavirus-crisis-in-january/) workers—15.0% of the workforce—who were either unemployed, otherwise out of work because of the virus, or had seen a drop in hours and pay because of the pandemic.

Roughly $2 trillion in relief and recovery is crucial.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015349

[boutons_deux]

Biden, House Democrats strengthen Obamacare, make it more affordable in COVID-19 relief bill

46% of those who lost coverage at some point in 2020 are still uninsured because of the cost of buying a new plan on the individual market.

providing full subsidies to anyone receiving unemployment benefits to purchase coverage on Healthcare.gov or through the marketplace in their state;

expanding the group of people eligible for federal subsidies by extending them to people earning 400% of the poverty level ($51,040 for a single person, $104,800 for a family of four) to make sure they don't have to spend more than 8.5% of their income on premiums;

expanding subsidy availability on the other end, to people making up to 150% of the federal poverty level ($19,140 for an individual, $39,300 for a family of four)—many of the people in the Medicaid gap;

and for people who want to maintain the coverage they received from their employers,

making COBRA more affordable by subsidizing those premiums at 85%.

would fix a couple of long-standing problems with Obamacare on the "affordability" part:

the subsidy cliff for people definitely still in solid middle-class income who made just too much to qualify for assistance and,

at the other side, helping the people in the Medicaid gap making too much for Medicaid in their states, but too little for the subsidies in the current ACA.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015199

[Winehole23]

against hawks like Larry Summers and Olivier Blanchard, the Fed weighed in favor of robust stimulus this week:


In remarks (https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20210210a.htm) to the Economic Club of New York, Powell argued that America’s actual unemployment rate is not 6.3 percent (as official data suggest) but 10 percent, once classification errors are accounted for; that it will take “continued support from both near-term policy and longer-run investments” to restore maximum employment; and that had the pandemic not intervened, there is “every reason to expect that the labor market could have strengthened even further without causing a worrisome increase in inflation.”https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/jerome-powell-fed-biden-stimulus.html

[Winehole23]

Katie Porter live-tweeted the COVID relief bill markup by the Oversight Committee

1360276050685530115

[Winehole23]

Foreclosure Ban Extended to June – Eviction Ban Unchanged
Pres. Biden signed an Executive Order extending forbearances and banning foreclosures until June 30. However, he did not make changes to the eviction ban ending March 31.
https://www.floridarealtors.org/news-media/news-articles/2021/02/foreclosure-ban-extended-june-eviction-ban-unchanged (https://www.floridarealtors.org/news-media/news-articles/2021/02/foreclosure-ban-extended-june-eviction-ban-unchanged?utm_source=2-17-2021+Florida+Realtors+News)

[boutons_deux]

Dino Sinema blocked $15 in the relief bill

[boutons_deux]

Unemployment insurance claims rose last weekCongress must act before mid-March, or millions will lose benefits

Another 1.4 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits last week, including 861,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 516,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

The 1.4 million who applied for UI last week was an increase of 187,000 from the prior week,

mostly due to an unexpected increase in PUA—the federal program for workers who are not eligible for regular unemployment insurance, like gig workers.

The surge in PUA was due entirely to large increase in PUA claims in Ohio, which may be tied to fraudulent filings in the state.

The four-week moving average of total initial claims rose by 21,000.

Last week was the 48th straight week total initial claims were greater than the worst week of the Great Recession.

https://www.epi.org/blog/unemployment-insurance-claims-rose-last-week-congress-must-act-before-mid-march-or-millions-will-lose-benefits/

[Winehole23]

48 straight weeks of job losses. Biden inherited a depression.

[Winehole23]

TBTF airlines


As with half of the March subsides, this was packaged as “payroll support.” 38,000 staff who had been laid off in October when the March subsides expired were rehired through March 2021 even though there was no work for any of them to do. While some of this money ended up in the pockets of United pilots, the claim that the central objective of these subsidies was unemployment reduction isn’t credible. It requires believing that the same Congress that was fighting tooth and nail to prevent relief for other individuals from exceeding $600 were willing to pay $400,000 per person to keep a narrow set of airline employees employed for just four months.


As discussed previously in this series, the industry’s primary objective throughout the pandemic has been to preserve the value of equity and the ownership/senior management status quo. Over 100% of the Legacy carriers’ (AA/UA/DL) year end liquidity comes from the subsidies and funds raised from capital markets after the Congressional subsidies signaled that these airlines were Too Big To Fail.

Without these subsidies, these carriers would not have been able to sustain operations and equity-holders would have been wiped out. “Saving jobs” was a PR smokescreen. The Congressional subsidies were designed to ensure that existing shareholders received 100% of the gains from any post-pandemic equity appreciation, and that the taxpayers who made it possible got none.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/02/hubert-horan-the-airline-industry-collapse-part-6-u-s-airlines-lost-over-35-billion-in-2020.html

[Winehole23]

Industry insiders are finally beginning to recognize the powerful linkage between border closures and the collapse of business travel. As one observer noted, “the countries that have been really good at suppressing the virus have done it by killing international aviation.” [5] Thus the industry’s recovery cannot begin until the spread of the virus had been so widely suppressed that businesses could start to reconsider travel bans and governments could end border closures without fears of triggering new case load spikes.

[boutons_deux]

Commercial MBS were predicted last year to go tits up in 2021, with 2020 being 2008 and 2021 being 2009, All Over Again.

Lots of press about companies shedding massive office space permanently as they try to let employees work remotely, which means massive loss of income to landlords.

Ladies are selling their eggs to Pay For college debt, probably other stuff sold, for men and women, like blood and semen.

Debt slavery, the vampire-squid Capitalistic Way of Life, which Americans have been brain-washed, indoctrinated by oligarchy as the superior and ONLY way to organize society.

[Winehole23]

consolidation, financial engineering and value extraction is the future of the airlines.


Industry productivity has been declining for 20 years, especially in domestic markets and for the legacy carriers. In the current crisis the industry has categorically ruled out any of the restructuring efforts used in the past to fix the problems that created crises and to liquidate the least competitive capacity.


Instead of responding to crises with efficiency-enhancing innovations, 21stcentury industry financial improvements have come from predatory value extraction, especially from exploiting the artificial market power over consumers, employees and suppliers made possible by extreme levels of industry concentration. [8] Innovation and competition is hard, mergers and price increases and lobbying to protect the ownership/management status quo are much easier. Returns to airline investors come from reducing the contribution of the industry to the overall economy.


Even though the industry recovery has yet to begin, it is important to understand why it will inevitably focus on further reductions in competition and other forms of increased predatory value extraction. As KLM CEO Pieter Elbers pointed out months ago, “every big crisis in the industry so far has led to further consolidation. After pure crisis management is behind us, somewhere in the middle of next year, there is going to be a stage when consolidation and further collaboration in the industry will take place.” [9]

[boutons_deux]

consolidation, financial engineering and value extraction is the future of the airlines.

Predatory, extractive, vampire-squid rentier Capitalism.

There is no escape from its wealth-sucking tentacles.

The Capitalist oligarchy owns and rigs legislatures and the judiciary

The Capitalist oligarchy has and will continue to exploit the social unrest arising from many desperate 10Ms (democracy and Capitalism failed them all) with no financial security or future, in its strategy to takeover the totality of the US govt.

Americans (non-oligarchy) are fucked and unfuckable.

[Winehole23]

Commercial MBS were predicted last year to go tits up in 2021, with 2020 being 2008 and 2021 being 2009, All Over Again.

Lots of press about companies shedding massive office space permanently as they try to let employees work remotely, which means massive loss of income to landlords.

Ladies are selling their eggs to Pay For college debt, probably other stuff sold, for men and women, like blood and semen.

Debt slavery, the vampire-squid Capitalistic Way of Life, which Americans have been brain-washed, indoctrinated by oligarchy as the superior and ONLY way to organize society.Who's predicting MBSs will blow up?

[boutons_deux]

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c5ffe9fe07&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r-7415328068827649441&th=177cc8cc081a71eb&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8129omfriPNVHtYuU7DV0kR_5eGQcE4YD317U UndxSuOMTeWCCCrnONKYqhp227f3TqaHo7Trf8WpGIcacLuJi3 KeVH6ySNe_3neO-4Gc3rRyBuXKAJZSzsTs&disp=emb&realattid=ii_klhcfdrq0

[Trill Clinton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gsEmZXtkfE&amp;feature=emb_title


Scum

[johnsmith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gsEmZXtkfE&feature=emb_title


Scum

How does a dude that dumb end up in charge of anyone?

[Dirks_Finale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gsEmZXtkfE&amp;feature=emb_title


Scum

Haven't watched it...probably some B.S. scripted in order to get views.

But cancel culture bad now?

[ChumpDumper]

Haven't watched it...probably some B.S. scripted in order to get views.

But cancel culture bad now?:lol you guys are canceling speakers at CPAC because you don't believe in free speech.

[Winehole23]

Young Pharoah, whoever that is.

[Trill Clinton]

Haven't watched it...probably some B.S. scripted in order to get views.

But cancel culture bad now?


Ya'll cancelled Disney

[boutons_deux]

Who's predicting MBSs will blow up?

last year I read C-MBS would go toxic due to 1000s of SMBs going tits up,

then add in 2021 how BigCorp is shedding office space because the pandemic showed them that employees could work from home.

search "commercial mbs at risk"

[Winehole23]

1364204276696940546

[Winehole23]

last year I read C-MBS would go toxic due to 1000s of SMBs going tits up,

then add in 2021 how BigCorp is shedding office space because the pandemic showed them that employees could work from home.

search "commercial mbs at risk"old scuttlebutt, huh?

I'll leave you to follow up on that hot tip! :tu

[boutons_deux]

National Observer email --


American, Southwest tally employee losses

American Airlines Group Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. together lost about 35,300 employees last year (https://link.bizjournals.com/click/23053237.33281/aHR0cHM6Ly9iaXpqLnVzLzFxOHlhMD91dG1fc291cmNlPXN0Jn V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW4mdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXRrbyZhbmE9ZV90 bm8/5fd8a8be21afe73c1de6777aBc53b83e8) as the pandemic choked off much of the air-travel industry.

The companies, both based in North Texas, disclosed their employee losses in regulatory filings.

A combination of voluntary employee separations and retirements contributed to the reductions, spokespeople from both companies said.

According to the regulatory filings, American's headcount went from 133,700 at the end of 2019 to 102,700 at the end of last year, for a loss of 31,000 employees, or 23% of staff.

Southwest's headcount during the same period went from 60,800 to 56,500, for a loss of 4,300 employees, or 7%.

The cuts could have been deeper, but airlines across the country agreed not to conduct furloughs or layoffs in exchange for federal financial aid to the industry as part of coronavirus relief packages.

[Reck]

They're finally voting on the actual relief bill in the House.

[Reck]

Bill passes 219-210 and onto the senate it goes. Shows 2 dems voted against the relief bill. Must be a mistake.

[Reck]

Not a mistake apparently.

1365554576653443075 (https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1365554576653443075?s=21)

[Winehole23]

Odd that Republicans can't unite behind relief that 70% of Americans are in favor of.

One wonders how overwhelming popular support would have to be for Republicans to budge an inch from their rigid, austerian ideology.

[Winehole23]

1366277695936417800

[MultiTroll]

Odd that Republicans can't unite behind relief that 70% of Americans are in favor of.

One wonders how overwhelming popular support would have to be for Republicans to budge an inch from their rigid, austerian ideology.
This way this plays out i think just keep referring to how Hitlers rule played out.
Orange / Hitler becoming more and more alike.

[MultiTroll]

Kammy gonna kick the winning 51-50 field goal after the usual bullshit display in the Senate?

[Winehole23]

This way this plays out i think just keep referring to how Hitlers rule played out.
Orange / Hitler becoming more and more alike.Democratic reluctance to go big = foaming the runway for Trump 2.0, jmo.

[boutons_deux]

Odd that Republicans can't unite behind relief that 70% of Americans are in favor of.

One wonders how overwhelming popular support would have to be for Republicans to budge an inch from their rigid, austerian ideology.

Repugs' BigDonor class is their only constituency when "governing", voters are ignored.

BigDonor class' bribes are always 100% accepted by Repugs

BigDonor / Capitalists War on Labor was won decades ago.

[boutons_deux]

The Companies Where Employees Most Often Get Payday Loans


https://images.prismic.io/lendup/fa7c69c8-c04e-4dc0-b2c9-78896839cfa4_The+vast+majority+of+payday+loan+reci pients+are+employed+full+time.png?auto=compress,fo rmat


https://images.prismic.io/lendup/e0f31b15-0c3b-40d8-8020-a657b68610c3_The+most+and+least+common+industries+ for+payday+loan+recipients.png?auto=compress,forma t




https://images.prismic.io/lendup/66f226a7-d044-4e1d-8e4e-4ecd8063aeb1_The+top+50+companies+employing+the+mo st+payday+loan+recipients+on+LendUp.png?auto=compr ess,format


https://priceonomics.com/the-companies-where-employees-most-often-get/

[Winehole23]

ACA enhancements in the COVID bill? Board Republicans are apparently too transfixed by Mr. Potato Head and trans athletes to complain about such.

1366895128489713671

[spurraider21]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvllIitXcAMEp8Y?format=jpg&name=large

[boutons_deux]

Prickiest of the Repug pricks

Ron Johnson to Force Reading of 600-Page COVID Relief Bill to Delay Vote

https://news.yahoo.com/ron-johnson-force-reading-600-214626064.html

[Reck]

Ron Johnson to Force Reading of 600-Page COVID Relief Bill to Delay Vote


https://news.yahoo.com/ron-johnson-force-reading-600-214626064.html

I thought the point of reconciliation is to bypass any bullshit delay like this? Just let democrats vote and be done with it.

[boutons_deux]

I thought the point of reconciliation is to bypass any bullshit delay like this? Just let democrats vote and be done with it.

reconciliation means passage without 60 votes, it looks like prick RJ's nonsense is still available,

[SnakeBoy]

ACA enhancements in the COVID bill? Board Republicans are apparently too transfixed by Mr. Potato Head and trans athletes to complain about such.

1366895128489713671

Subsidize for profit health insurance companies was always the plan

Oliawgawky ftw

[RandomGuy]

Odd that Republicans can't unite behind relief that 70% of Americans are in favor of.

One wonders how overwhelming popular support would have to be for Republicans to budge an inch from their rigid, austerian ideology.

Socialism for the rich, tbh.

[spurraider21]

Socialism for the rich, tbh.
socialism for the rich or "corporate socialism" is a snappy retort, but based on the misunderstanding that socialism = government aid

[RandomGuy]

ACA enhancements in the COVID bill? Board Republicans are apparently too transfixed by Mr. Potato Head and trans athletes to complain about such.

1366895128489713671

One party passes COVID relief the other is worried about the genitalia of a plastic potato toy.

Yeah both parties are the same. :rolleyes

[RandomGuy]

socialism for the rich or "corporate socialism" is a snappy retort, but based on the misunderstanding that socialism = government aid

(nods) point well made. I was more referring to how we socialize the losses and risk taking of the vulture capital class when they crash the economy, but don't seem to find the backbone to help regular people as much.

Now, we have that concentration accelerating with the giveaway from 2018. The wealthiest could cut everybody a six figure check and still be as wealthy as they were a year ago.

Whatever you call it, the rich have continued their unfettered theft from the poor.

[boutons_deux]

(corporate) socialism, many definitions possible, like fascism, could mean the govt confiscating citizens wealth (taxes) and redistributing to the oligarchy, which fights like hell (bribes govt) to keep that wealth from flowing to needy citizens, esp non-white citizens.

[ElNono]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvllIitXcAMEp8Y?format=jpg&name=large

So he's not worried about the deficit, but how tall the transport that needs to move all that money is?

[Winehole23]

Hot take: it's an avoidable political mistake for the Biden COVID survival check to reach fewer people than Trump's.

Stupid Dems.

[Winehole23]

Instead they should raise the topline and expand the bill's reach.

[boutons_deux]

Hot take: it's an avoidable political mistake for the Biden COVID survival check to reach fewer people than Trump's.

Stupid Dems.

Dems had to cave to their own Dem Senators

[Reck]

I hear republicans are planning a vote A Rama on this that will take half a day probably.

Again I have to ask why this is allowed under the reconciliation rules.

[Winehole23]

Subsidize for profit health insurance companies was always the plan

Oliawgawky ftwyep, we knew this about Joe like we knew Trump was a crook.

[boutons_deux]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/156023556_4883370688422613_8886493423932823775_n.p ng?_nc_cat=1&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=3OgqgHjyI4sAX8TdzLQ&_nc_oc=AQlmbC0vgI57v4MT_5kPT8nNW8Utv1BeBfyyoMyFKIt n9z9SJvlKk3jSMa1vbEx01zo&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=74623204ef43a6f98bb76ea626d8c37b&oe=6067737A

[SnakeBoy]

yep, we knew this about Joe like we knew Trump was a crook.

That's why I said it was a win win election as soon as you Bernie bros agreed a popular progressive was unelectable

[Winehole23]

:blah

[Reck]

That's why I said it was a win win election as soon as you Bernie bros agreed a popular progressive was unelectable

Is that how you're able to cope and sleep? Good for you.


But it was still a massive L for you. :lmao

[Winehole23]

1367590059155681284

[Reck]

1367590059155681284

Ron Johnson is forcing the senate clerk to read the whole 600 page bill. Fucking loser

[Dirks_Finale]

1367590059155681284

They should rename it the Pork rescue plan :lol

Can't even trip though, as the right does the same exact sh1t when thye hold majority. Shameful.

[Winehole23]

They should rename it the Pork rescue plan :lol

Can't even trip though, as the right does the same exact sh1t when thye hold majority. Shameful.Do you have any particular gripes about it, or are you just saying a thing people are saying?

[Trill Clinton]

What an asshole

1367732856810840064



1367841269150519305

[Winehole23]

What an asshole

1367732856810840064



1367841269150519305I'm old enough to remember when Republicans thought impeaching Trump again was a waste of time.

[spurraider21]

1367841269150519305
:lol

[Reck]

A bunch of other dems joined to strip the 15 min wage from bill including Tester, both NH and Delaware senators, And Angus King and the usual other 2 suspects.

[CosmicCowboy]

My pot stocks are gonna kick ass with all that stimulus cash floating around.

[Reck]

1367906192626831363 (https://twitter.com/roots_action/status/1367906192626831363?s=21)

Jesus Christ.

[baseline bum]

They should rename it the Pork rescue plan :lol

Can't even trip though, as the right does the same exact sh1t when thye hold majority. Shameful.

The right did a $5 trillion slush fund for Mnuchin and only gave out $1200 checks.

[Reck]

Good old Manchin is going to fuck up the bill.

1367926225595998212

He's looking to cut unemployment benefits from 400 to 300. If he goes through with this, democrats should kick this faggot out. Take the lost and be a minority party. Who cares.

[spurraider21]

Good old Manchin is going to fuck up the bill.

1367926225595998212

He's looking to cut unemployment benefits from 400 to 300. If he goes through with this, democrats should kick this faggot out. Take the lost and be a minority party. Who cares.
no

the blame doesnt lie with a West Virginia democrat.

the blame lies with dems being incompetent in otherwise winnable races like the ones against Collins and Tillis

playing "all or nothing" in politics is retarded. its the same mentality as bernie-or-bust morons

[Reck]

no

the blame doesnt lie with a West Virginia democrat.

the blame lies with dems being incompetent in otherwise winnable races like the ones against Collins and Tillis

playing "all or nothing" in politics is retarded. its the same mentality as bernie-or-bust morons

It absolutely does. He's willing to kill an entire package over 100 dollars? He needs a beating.

[CosmicCowboy]

Sounds like Reck has already spent that stimulus check.

[spurraider21]

Sounds like Reck has already spent that stimulus check.
instant rice isnt cheap

[Reck]

1367935950794457090 (https://twitter.com/grace_segers/status/1367935950794457090?s=21)

:cry don’t blame based Manchin pls

[spurraider21]

:lol "based manchin"

strawman is real

[Winehole23]

it think its 100% ok if somebody who just got laid off in a pandemic has really good unemployment insurance, jmo.

[Reck]

Thread:
1368003239183024128 (https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1368003239183024128?s=21)

[Winehole23]

what's the common word for a political system where both major parties refuse to pass broadly popular policies?

[TimDunkem]

I don't get it. Manchin didn't want 400 per until August but is okay with 300 per until September? That math doesn't make sense.

Today's Senate :lol

[Winehole23]

I don't get it. Manchin didn't want 400 per until August but is okay with 300 per until September? That math doesn't make sense.

Today's Senate :lolWhat I don't get, is what did Joe Manchin get?

What did WV get?

What's the win?

[Winehole23]

Zero republicans were tempted to join by the maneuver.

[Reck]

What I don't get, is what did Joe Manchin get?

What did WV get?

What's the win?

Save face. Guy holds up a vote for 8 hours and only moves deadline from end of September to early September.

[Reck]

Voting on that bill right this minute too.

[Reck]

And shows over. (Not really they’ll be voting all night on other trash stuff)

1368086545429917710 (https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1368086545429917710?s=21)

That was the big one though. No more drama from here. I think.

[ElNono]

:lol Manchin
:lol Democrats

[Winehole23]

1367845418311237638

[Winehole23]

1367836901328183297

[Winehole23]

1367906192626831363 (https://twitter.com/roots_action/status/1367906192626831363?s=21)

Jesus Christ.That's gonna be in an opponent's TV ad. It might be in a lot of ads.

[Winehole23]

this is perfect, actually

1368092220910415872 (https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/1368092220910415872?s=20)

[boutons_deux]

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c5ffe9fe07&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r-7146573375546488659&th=17807b0fc523167a&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8-io8XDN0b9DB02BSLBMfqF7YgtcBeL65FVKsubKGuMO4YUbW2w9 SS6nS8pdjTGn55TMyROdJxfskjaGdzdkQoU0vuJ8nAccNe9EJb 8iGrg7ZTF50uVbPjS64&disp=emb&realattid=ii_klxr68rw0

[boutons_deux]

What I don't get, is what did Joe Manchin get?

What did WV get?

What's the win?

My guess is that, as most important man in the Senate, it was simply self-aggrandizing, look-at-me-do-my-gratuitous-power-play bullshit.

Will he run on telling his voters that they should should "vote for me because I cut your pandemic pay"?

Politicians run to get (more) wealthy, powerful, influential, and prioritize themselves (and their BigDonor class that gets $Ts in tax cuts) over the common good.

Typifies the terminal corruption of the entire political class, the unfuckability of America.

Exactly why fucking voting is a fucking joke of uselessness in actually getting whom you elected to do what you elected them for.

[boutons_deux]

Joe Manchin's West Virginia counterpart has

'no idea what he's doing'

He's already derailed a Cabinet nominee (https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/19/manchin-oppose-neera-tanden-omb-470296) (Tandon)

and led the opposition to a federal $15 minimum wage even as his party's leaders pushed for it.

But Friday was Manchin's most quintessential moment:

The centrist Democrat paralyzed the entire Senate for more than 10 hours and

threatened to side with Republicans seeking to cut weeks of unemployment benefits,"

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) ...

"I have no idea what he's doing, to be quite frank," she said. "Maybe you can tell me."

https://www.rawstory.com/joe-manchin-unemployment/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6736

[boutons_deux]

"The current legislation, which adopted the amendment, kept the formula the same, equalizing payments between adults and children. That means if the new bill is enacted, a family of four would be on the receiving end of a one-time check worth $5,600.

The money doesn’t stop there.

A new child tax credit, which would be implemented for just one year but which Democrats aim to extend, offers $3,600 for every child under 6 and $3,000 for every non-adult child above that age.

The aim is to have the IRS send out a check each month to families making less than $150,000.

(So that family of four above, if both kids are under 6, would get $600 each month if the IRS can administer the system effectively.

If the kids are older, it would be $500 each month.)

https://theintercept.com/2021/03/05/pandemic-relief-bill-congress-democrats-checks/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

[boutons_deux]

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c5ffe9fe07&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-a:r-1994028928558922133&th=17807db238afb28a&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_4F-VL1TMooM7ymPck85_i10UIU1P9u2rkZf1qGyXtRxBxeyxAPR9y-pMzrECC2BYsvtj989jTEXLa3Z5BP9bwaK7mB_MvFE2rByHLiS-ZNRQru9Wq4W35848&disp=emb&realattid=ii_klxsth3m1

[boutons_deux]

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c5ffe9fe07&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-a:r1258943214406485369&th=17807defd8fa8ce2&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8gM66ghKpwJKLdylKwuVHr8Xd6af5fEdHd82y gsnCCz-BJm_yPDCkyK537HG6Qc8z_bmRvnY-Wdb3ZxUhGha-PBa8Mz9pcfXswf0HKzrvAFIwaqhyJEqp4aJc&disp=emb&realattid=ii_klxsyxpg2

[boutons_deux]

A year into the pandemic, many Texans still struggling financially and emotionally

Loss of income from the oil industry.

Loss of family.

Lasting COVID-19 symptoms.

A looming eviction.

A strained marriage.

Monica Jimenez and her family are very much still weathering the economic and emotional fallout of the past year since the coronavirus pandemic began spreading in Texas.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/06/texas-covid-one-year-financial-emotional-struggles/

Both multi-millionaire TX Senators vote against the covid relief bill.

[Winehole23]

"The current legislation, which adopted the amendment, kept the formula the same, equalizing payments between adults and children. That means if the new bill is enacted, a family of four would be on the receiving end of a one-time check worth $5,600.

The money doesn’t stop there.

A new child tax credit, which would be implemented for just one year but which Democrats aim to extend, offers $3,600 for every child under 6 and $3,000 for every non-adult child above that age.

The aim is to have the IRS send out a check each month to families making less than $150,000.

(So that family of four above, if both kids are under 6, would get $600 each month if the IRS can administer the system effectively.

If the kids are older, it would be $500 each month.)

https://theintercept.com/2021/03/05/pandemic-relief-bill-congress-democrats-checks/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20NewsletterUsing the IRS to administer social welfare programs could have a lot of applications. It could be one way to make the IRS strong enough to make rich people pay their taxes.

[Reck]

They’re now voting on the very last amendment of the vote a Rama which has lasted more than 24 hours. The next one should be for the big one.

[Reck]

Done and dusted. COVID Relief bill passes among party lines 50-49.

Kamala not needed because republicans were missing a member.

[DMC]

this is perfect, actually

1368092220910415872 (https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/1368092220910415872?s=20)

https://econofact.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Voting-Income-chart-web-v2.png

This should easily explain why minimum wage gets low priority but high discussion.

[boutons_deux]

Using the IRS to administer social welfare programs could have a lot of applications. It could be one way to make the IRS strong enough to make rich people pay their taxes.

Repugs spent years cutting IRS budget by $500M which cut into tax enforcement of complex cases (of the wealthy and corporations).

$1 enforcement returns $7 collected

[boutons_deux]

bill passes, 50-49 with a AK Repug asshole absent

[Winehole23]

bill passes, 50-49 with a AK Repug asshole absent



The Affordable Care Act had over 180 Republican amendments and not a single Republican voted for it.

[ducks]

COVID relief bill offers convicted murderers stimulus checks, Cotton slams
Inmates are included among those who receive stimulus checks, just as they were in both of the previous Covid relief bills

[ducks]

bill passes, 50-49 with a AK Repug asshole absent

Parent died asshole

[boutons_deux]

COVID relief bill offers convicted murderers stimulus checks, Cotton slams
Inmates are included among those who receive stimulus checks, just as they were in both of the previous Covid relief bills

link that isn't fox, reddit, etc?

[CosmicCowboy]

Only another week or two, Reck!

[Trainwreck2100]

I'm happy I'm getting $$$, kinda sad i qulify for it though, but the idea that it's going to pull half of children out of poverty is fucking ludicrous till we know the percentage that are in poverty because their parent/s are idiots. Giving stupid people more money won't pull them out of shit

[Reck]

Only another week or two, Reck!

:lol You hate America.

:lol You have more posts in this thread than me by a country mile but I’m the one who’s crying about it?

[Spurtacular]

:lol You have more posts in this thread than me by a country mile but I’m the one who’s crying about it?

This really what you call a W?

:lol Your superior chumpettes trained you like a monkey. :lol :lmao :rollin

[boutons_deux]

I'm happy I'm getting $$$, kinda sad i qulify for it though, but the idea that it's going to pull half of children out of poverty is fucking ludicrous till we know the percentage that are in poverty because their parent/s are idiots. Giving stupid people more money won't pull them out of shit

what %age of poor people with kids are poor because they are "stupid". examples?

[Trainwreck2100]

what %age of poor people with kids are poor because they are "stupid". examples?

I don't know i litterally said it was unknown in my post. But i guess you were too privileged growing up in an affluent neighborhood to need an example of a kid who is poor because his parents are idiots. My neighborhood was full of em

[Winehole23]

Only another week or two, Reck!eat shit poors!

[spurraider21]

I'm happy I'm getting $$$, kinda sad i qulify for it though, but the idea that it's going to pull half of children out of poverty is fucking ludicrous till we know the percentage that are in poverty because their parent/s are idiots. Giving stupid people more money won't pull them out of shit
nothing wrong with that. i'm glad i qualify (joint filing with a non-earning spouse helps). just spent a bit to get recessed lighting installed a few places + baby furnishing stuff. pretty cool to basically get a check to reimburse a good amount of it

[Winehole23]

what say, Trumpers, will y'all be cashing those $1400 checks? Democrats gave it to you with zero Republican votes.

the indignity of relief :lol

[spurraider21]

what say, Trumpers, will y'all be cashing those $1400 checks? Democrats gave it to you with zero Republican votes.

the indignity of relief :lol
Can cut both ways. People got tax cuts without dem votes

[Winehole23]

Can cut both ways. People got tax cuts without dem votesI think it's great who all is getting a check, will be getting a check. I only wish it were recurring.

[ElNono]

Any news if Joe demanded his name/signature was on the checks?

[DarrinS]

Any news if Joe demanded his name/signature was on the checks?

Got two Trump checks fast. Don't qualify for sleepy Joe's sad check.

[Winehole23]

sour grapes

[ElNono]

Got two Trump checks fast. Don't qualify for sleepy Joe's sad check.

I didn't qualify for any of them.

[ChumpDumper]

Got two Trump checks fast. Don't qualify for sleepy Joe's sad check.:lmao now checks are sad when they don't come from your Trump.

[ElNono]

But you can thank Manchin for that

[DarrinS]

I didn't qualify for any of them.

You didn't get the other two?

[Trainwreck2100]

Got two Trump checks fast. Don't qualify for sleepy Joe's sad check.
Wouldn't have been an issue if the rs didnt start notching about giving money away

[DarrinS]

Wouldn't have been an issue if the rs didnt start notching about giving money away

I hope that whoever needs money, gets money. Lets get back to normal ASAP.

[ElNono]

You didn't get the other two?

IIRC, I got a tiny bit of the first one, and no second one.

[boutons_deux]

Every Repug you RWNJs elected voted against ARP so

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p843x403/157166383_4894204180672597_4950283125196406496_o.j pg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=ep7X-9GElF0AX-wf3Bm&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&tp=6&oh=bc6aae6beb87278eb0b66c95bb43208a&oe=606AEC5F

[DarrinS]

^I'm not getting one. And that's a good thing.

[boutons_deux]

Andy Borowitz / FB

GOP Accuses Biden of Spending Trillions on Left-wing Pet Project of Feeding Starving People

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ev5wAGwVIAEWSwD?format=jpg&name=900x900

[boutons_deux]

The entire Confederacy is totally fucked in the head

Mississippi pastor:

Biden's $1,400 stimulus checks are really an 'offering' from Trump

https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6I mh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTc5NzgyMC9vcmlnaW4 uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODQ3NDI5MH0.SRkVMoGkL fbZi5cYsVH7jcQmeWWzbKy3Z0Uyqpb9u20/image.jpg?width=1200&height=675

https://www.rawstory.com/shane-vaughn

[boutons_deux]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/158026573_4899230990169916_1467132957274684999_n.p ng?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=3tRV7q_kS_cAX8S0E1e&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=9313c7bad77b48f259b660a4aa9f40e2&oe=606BA5AC

[Winehole23]

tick tock on the Senate's COVID bill vote-a-rama

https://jonathancohn.medium.com/the-senates-second-covid-recovery-vote-a-rama-vote-by-vote-e8effdde0a34

[boutons_deux]

tick tock on the Senate's COVID bill vote-a-rama

https://jonathancohn.medium.com/the-senates-second-covid-recovery-vote-a-rama-vote-by-vote-e8effdde0a34

even if Dems kill the filibuster, it looks like they don't 50 Dem Senators, not even close. Fuck the flabby-ass, no-party-discipline Dems

[RandomGuy]

^I'm not getting one. And that's a good thing.

How does it feel knowing that the Republican opposition to this was driven purely by the desire to not let the Democrats actually help people?

Their only reason was spite and lust for power.

[RandomGuy]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/158026573_4899230990169916_1467132957274684999_n.p ng?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=3tRV7q_kS_cAX8S0E1e&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=9313c7bad77b48f259b660a4aa9f40e2&oe=606BA5AC

Yes it shoud.

[Trill Clinton]

Every Repug you RWNJs elected voted against ARP so

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p843x403/157166383_4894204180672597_4950283125196406496_o.j pg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=ep7X-9GElF0AX-wf3Bm&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&tp=6&oh=bc6aae6beb87278eb0b66c95bb43208a&oe=606AEC5F


Of course they aren't

[Winehole23]

I hate having a health care system based on access to insurance rather than access to care, but I'm totally cool with fixing known problems like the subsidy cliff.

1369294829218263041 (https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1369294829218263041?s=20)

[boutons_deux]

Of course they aren't

TX is getting about $27B from the Dem's ARP bill, since Dems are confused thinking TX is still part of USA

I have no doubt that the Repugs will divert $Bs from going to the people the money is intended for.

That's the reason Repugs want block grants, so they can steal it.

[boutons_deux]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/158251609_4900262230066792_5324069804079131174_n.p ng?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=MJEFjnzS0PQAX_vVZyb&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=5ffc54a07e777fa4d24bedcc27581078&oe=606B44F8


McCarthy has a Seuss book NOT being discontinued.

Repugs will not grandstand showing the offending pages of books that are being discontinued.

[Winehole23]

1369462532818104322

[baseline bum]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/158026573_4899230990169916_1467132957274684999_n.p ng?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=3tRV7q_kS_cAX8S0E1e&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=9313c7bad77b48f259b660a4aa9f40e2&oe=606BA5AC

I'd write Only the Democrats voted for this check

[Trill Clinton]

1369363561173155844

[Reck]

House concurs with senate version and passes the relief bill a final time. 220-211

Democrat from Maine voted no. RIP

[Trill Clinton]

A W for the American people
https://media0.giphy.com/media/fe3Rwmc2bBulG/giphy.gif

[Winehole23]

Banking orgs are calling for garnishment of COVID relief funds to be suspended in a standalone bill.


Consumer and banking trade groups, including the American Bankers Association, sent a letter to Congressional and Senate leaders on Monday calling for the stimulus payments to be exempt from garnishment.



“Otherwise, the families that most need this money — those struggling with debt and whose entire bank accounts may be frozen by garnishment orders — will be not be able to access their funds,” the letter said.

The groups call on Congress to pass a standalone bill to prevent depository institutions from having to pay creditors who attempt to garnish and freeze bank accounts.https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/10/why-1400-stimulus-checks-could-be-garnished-for-unpaid-debts.html

[Cuppycake Gumdrop]

^I'm not getting one. And that's a good thing for my liver.
Fixed

[boutons_deux]

I'd write Only the Democrats voted for this check

that's better,

or

ALL Republicans voted to deny you this check

[boutons_deux]

GOP Senator Roger Wicker Celebrates the Passing of Stimulus Bill He Voted Against

Mississippi’s Roger Wicker from celebrating certain aspects of the legislation.

The senator tweeted (https://twitter.com/SenatorWicker/status/1369745527886217218),

“One bright spot from this week’s budget package is the $28.6 billion in targeted support for restaurants that have been hit hard by the pandemic.

Senator Sinema and my RESTAURANTS Act was the first amendment added to the package.”

https://www.politicususa.com/2021/03/10/gop-senator-roger-wicker-celebrates-the-passing-of-stimulus-bill-he-voted-against.html

Murkowski added some good amendments, then voted to kill ARP

[Winehole23]

GOP Senator Roger Wicker Celebrates the Passing of Stimulus Bill He Voted Against


Mississippi’s Roger Wicker from celebrating certain aspects of the legislation.

The senator tweeted (https://twitter.com/SenatorWicker/status/1369745527886217218), “One bright spot from this week’s budget package is the $28.6 billion in targeted support for restaurants that have been hit hard by the pandemic. Senator Sinema and my RESTAURANTS Act was the first amendment added to the package.”

https://www.politicususa.com/2021/03/10/gop-senator-roger-wicker-celebrates-the-passing-of-stimulus-bill-he-voted-against.html

Murkowski added some good amendments, then voted to kill ARP~180 Republican amendments = zero Republican votes

[pgardn]

^I'm not getting one. And that's a good thing.

Same, and it is.

[boutons_deux]

Obamacare’s About to Get a Lot More Affordable. These Maps Show How.

For this year and next, the stimulus bill boosts subsidies for nearly all those buying their own coverage,

making insurance free for more people and

giving higher-income people discounts for the first time.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c5ffe9fe07&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r3866453000225805031&th=1781f87135db033e&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-LAiCNJ8UsVEyup0IaRo0iwyOT8_6PhfYwIMTg51pyXxkoUkVE4 rPiYpZBRi-iXJ-ARexzapSGuoqhntO2jiqJHxB-HWOr7atiq89Qkt1IAWHFNyEOHAA-OZo&disp=emb&realattid=ii_km4d9nnw0


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/upshot/stimulus-obamacare-lower-costs.html

[Trainwreck2100]

Banking orgs are calling for garnishment of COVID relief funds to be suspended in a standalone bill.

[/FONT][/COLOR]https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/10/why-1400-stimulus-checks-could-be-garnished-for-unpaid-debts.html[/FONT][/COLOR]

interesting I wonder what those fuckers are planning

[boutons_deux]

interesting I wonder what those fuckers are planning

how much of the $1.9T will be stolen through fraund and BigFinance "fees"?

[boutons_deux]

Here's yet another in the series of unending Big Lies from the Repugs

The GOP has a new reality-warping message

Republicans on Capitol Hill launched a PR campaign aimed at suppressing Democrats' future ability to claim credit for a post-pandemic economic recovery.

GOP leaders,

arguing that the massive relief measure was unnecessary,

claimed that America's recovery was already underway and that the

Democrats' sweeping package would only hinder — rather than hasten — the economy's revival.

"The economy is coming back, people are getting vaccinated: We're on the way out of this,"

"We're about to have a boom.

And if we do have a boom, it will have absolutely nothing to do with this $1.9 trillion."

https://www.rawstory.com/joe-biden-economy (https://www.rawstory.com/joe-biden-economy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29)

Expect all Repugs, Federal and state, and the right wing hate media to start repeating this Big Lie for months.

[Winehole23]

Bill includes $60 billion in new corporate and business taxes.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/covid-relief-bill-tax-hikes-475051

[boutons_deux]

Bill includes $60 billion in new corporate and business taxes.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/covid-relief-bill-tax-hikes-475051

How aggressively will Yellen pursue these taxes?

Will she and Biden dump Trash sycophant, anti-taxer Rettig for a serious commissioner?

Will Dems add $500B+ to IRS budget, the $500B+ that Repugs cut?

Retting? :lol

"Rettig was a partner at the Beverly Hills (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California) tax controversy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_controversy) law firm of Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C.

He worked at the firm for over 36 years, where

he represented individuals and corporations before federal and state taxing authorities" :lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rettig

An ideal kakistocrat sent to fuckup his agency

[Winehole23]

throwing money at poverty alleviates it

1369667607020924936

[boutons_deux]

throwing money at poverty alleviates it

1369667607020924936

As in 2020 with CARES, ARP reduces poverty short-term (the breaks for kids (if you have kids) are long-term)

$15/hour Federal minimum, indexed to inflation like Congressional salaries and SS, is forever

[MultiTroll]

Joe and Kammy overcoming obstructionisms by Orange Baboon and McConnel.

In less then 2 months.

[boutons_deux]

Joe and Kammy overcoming obstructionisms by Orange Baboon and McConnel.

In less then 2 months.

The filibuster is the Dem killer. Even if Dems tried to kill the filibuster, at least Manchin, and probably other Dem Senators, like the Senate fucked up and regressive, ruled by a minority.

[Trill Clinton]

1369774873803960322

1369784679805558785

[Winehole23]

1369774873803960322

1369784679805558785Hypocritical, but shrewd.

It's a political mistake to let the Dems own 100% of the COVID relief bill, ~60% of Republicans and 70-75% of Americans overall support it.

[ChumpDumper]

1370027591004876804

[Reck]

1370091256240615425 (https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1370091256240615425?s=21)

[Winehole23]

COVID relief to states can't used to cut taxes. If states are determined have broken the rules, the US Treasury will recoup the money.

1370154755578863620

[Winehole23]

The ARA, summarized section by section

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ARP%20-%20Title-by-Title%20Summary1.pdf

[Winehole23]

Let’s start with the health infrastructure investments. There’s a section on providing medical supplies and personnel for rural healthcare providers, something that will be difficult to dislodge post-pandemic. There’s $7.6 billion for state and local health department workers and another $7.6 billion for community health centers, which provide basic care to poor communities. For context, Bernie Sanders got $11 billion for community health centers (https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/sanders-hails-dramatic-expansion-of-community-health-centers-in-vermont-2/) in the Affordable Care Act over five years, and it made a significant difference.


Then there’s the school funding, $128 billion dedicated (https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/10/22323283/congress-biden-stimulus-money-education-schools) to K-12. The formula under which it will be given will deliver more to the poorest schools, up to $8,000 per student in low-income districts like Cleveland. Outside of a 20 percent set-aside to address lost learning in the pandemic year, that funding has a pretty wide discretion, meaning it can be used to make long-term investments

[Winehole23]

The $39 billion in child care grants (https://prospect.org/familycare) can rebuild care infrastructure, which our special report last year showed is desperately needed. Thought about as a one-year investment it’s absolutely enormous. There’s also a $7 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund for remote learning, which comes too late but can help provide lasting broadband infrastructure. The $200 million for libraries is also a broadband infrastructure investment for those who have no other options for connectivity. There’s also $30.5 billion for public transit, which will go toward arresting the sector-wide crisis (https://prospect.org/coronavirus/public-transportation-in-crisis/) from low pandemic ridership, which easily could have spiraled into permanent cutbacks. This will sustain transit budgets until 2023 in some areas.

[Winehole23]

$350 billion investment in state and local governments, which thanks to a last-minute change (https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/bidens-stimulus-is-also-sort-of-a-climate-bill/618247/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-planet&utm_content=20210310&silverid-ref=NzExMjY5ODE3NTE3S0), can go toward service improvement in things like water, sewage, and broadband. While being from Los Angeles and seeing up-close our pandemic-driven crisis in public budgeting (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-10/federal-relief-cities-states-could-end-los-angeles-city-budget-crisis) makes me happiest that this money will avert those tough choices (see Janet Yellen (https://secjanetyellen.medium.com/national-league-of-cities-congressional-cities-conference-three-storms-and-a-pandemic-6a332a74cb40) on how we learned from the financial crisis not to offset federal stimulus with state and local austerity), there’s no doubt some of this money will pour into lasting investments and upgrades in key systems. Similarly, the $31 billion for tribal governments, the largest investment in those communities in some time, will likely include lasting infrastructure; some of it is earmarked for housing.

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwT5EYPU8AEehtb?format=png&name=900x900

[Winehole23]

...

[Winehole23]

There were 180 Republican amendments added to the ARA, yet still, zero Republicans voted for it.

[Winehole23]

So much for the bill passing *without input from Republicans.*

[boutons_deux]

...

[boutons_deux]

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c5ffe9fe07&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r-1294377935985125501&th=17836a5d641c78bd&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8jMHAx3wkFORg7lENPg89G1n1dIjKb7yeAqFL QxZ5MhHz_jdXiIj0ybR7OS7S750dtoVuGUyC7qocRJFEikY9bY jJ15A4ayYgYxRwTISI-PCqxeseMFLpPbeA&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kmas7ljm2